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JokeofWeek

Post subject: DirectX8 Font Outline

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:09 am

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So I've succeeded in converting my source to DirectX 8

Now I am trying to figure out how to outline a font. I am currently using the DrawText method included in the d3dx8 object. Any pointers?

This is my sub I use for drawing text. I know, pretty shabby, but it's what I am using for now :

Code:

Public Sub DrawText(ByVal X, ByVal Y, ByVal Text As String)
TextRect.Top = Y
TextRect.Left = X
TextRect.bottom = Y + 32
TextRect.Right = X + (Len(Text) * FONT_SIZE)
D3DX.DrawText MainFont, &HFFFFFFFF, Text, TextRect, DT_LEFT
End Sub

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Robin

Post subject: Re: DirectX8 Font Outline

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:41 pm

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DrawText, drawing just 8 lines of chat, in my Dx8 engine caused a drop of about 50fps.

-shudder-

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Robin:
Why aren't maps and shit loaded up in a dynamic array?
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the 4 people that know how are lazy
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um
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GIAKEN

Post subject: Re: DirectX8 Font Outline

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:20 pm

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Use the API.

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JokeofWeek

Post subject: Re: DirectX8 Font Outline

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:27 am

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GIAKEN wrote:

Use the API.

The one the current MS uses? I don't think so :S Might as well stick all to DirectX 8 functions , I've heard that GDI functions don't go too good with DX functions, and the point of converting to DX 8 is for optimization and better rendering features, so that would ruin the point no?

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GIAKEN

Post subject: Re: DirectX8 Font Outline

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:38 am

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No because DX is good with everything except text from what I've read.

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Robin

Post subject: Re: DirectX8 Font Outline

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:32 am

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Just use textures.

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Why aren't maps and shit loaded up in a dynamic array?
Jacob:
the 4 people that know how are lazy
Robin:
Who are those 4 people?
Jacob:
um
you, me, and 2 others?

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wanai

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 2:24 pm

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